Li Zhen seemed to feel something was wrong, so she said: "There are more than 8,000 of us, and if we all use Kongming lanterns to fly in, we will need more than 8,000 Kongming lanterns."
"Hey, you can't calculate it like that!"
Ha Ming waved his hand and said: "Since the Kongming Lantern can be raised and lowered, which means it can be reused, we can enter the city in batches!"
"Then it's even worse. The city is full of rebels. If we take the initiative to disperse our troops, wouldn't it mean that we are going to die?"
Ha Ming thought about it and it seemed to make sense.
If transported in batches, the first batch would have been beaten to death before the second batch entered the city.
Seeing everyone arguing, Zhu Qizhen suddenly said: "Who said we need to use Kongming lanterns to carry people into the city?"
"ah?"
Ha Ming was suddenly stunned and asked: "Your Majesty, didn't you just ask..."
Others were also a little confused and looked at Zhu Qizhen.
"I asked, but I didn't say that they were using sky lanterns to carry people into the city!"
"That is……"
"I am saying that since it is difficult to make bombs with precise fuses, why not just make some crude black powder bombs, and have people sit in the sky lanterns, rise to a high altitude and throw them down?"
After hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, how wonderful!
If I throw it at your head in the air, I don't need to control it at all. It's all manual.
Even if the bomb is crude, as long as the quantity is sufficient, the lethality cannot be underestimated.
Beilin asked again: "It is easy to make black powder, but bombs require iron sheets, and there is not much stock in Xishan."
The function of gunpowder is to explode at high temperature and kill with broken shrapnel.
If there is no iron sheet, just find some paper to wrap it up, and it will not be a bomb, but a firecracker!
You can't prepare so much just to show the rebels a fireworks feast, right?
Zhu Qizhen thought briefly for a moment and said: "Use a bamboo tube!"
"Bamboo tube?"
Beilin was stunned again. Isn't this just a firecracker?
"right!"
Zhu Qizhen nodded and continued: "If you fill the bamboo tube with gunpowder and mix it with rocks, glass, nails and other sharp objects, it can still hurt people!"
Belin thought about it and it seemed to work.
I don’t know how the emperor’s brain is so long that he can think of such a method.
It's really insidious... Oh, you can't slander the emperor!
Zhu Qizhen immediately ordered a thousand people from Beihaiwei to cooperate with Bei Lin and others in making bamboo bombs.
Li Zhen led three thousand battalions around the south of the city to observe whether the other side had reinforcements.
If there is, a decree will be announced, requiring all soldiers and horses to serve the king. Anyone who does not comply will be killed without mercy, and there is no need to report.
The three thousand battalions are all cavalry, with strong mobile combat capabilities and equipped with the latest rifles. There is no need to pick an opponent in a field encounter, because the others are all younger brothers.
There are even many health clinics that were taught by the Three Thousand Battalion.
Li Zhen led people to the south of the city, but saw no reinforcements, but saw a train steaming from north to south, emitting black smoke.
This road leads from Beijing to Nanjing. It is a major project built by the imperial court with huge investment, and it carries an astonishing amount of transportation every year.
Suddenly, an idea came to his mind.
If the other side has reinforcements, they must take the railway, which is the fastest.
"Tear down the railway!"
"Master, a car is coming..."
Li Zhen's eyes widened and she said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? Let's do it!"
"yes!"
Soon, more than a dozen ropes were tied to the rails, and the other end was tied to the knight on horseback.
"drive!"
"drive!"
"drive!"
More than a dozen horses were running wildly at the same time, but they were pulled by the rope and could not move an inch.
The knight on the horse kept twitching his whip hard, making a crackling sound, and the horse began to neigh and run forward with all his strength.
Boom!
All the rivets on the rails collapsed, and a large section of the rails was torn apart.
This is a plain with a wide field of vision. The driver on the train had already noticed something was wrong ahead and braked immediately.
Fortunately, the speed of trains in this era was not very fast. The driver slowed down and braked in time, and the train stopped without any danger, about ten steps ahead of the broken track.
The Three Thousand Battalion immediately surrounded them, while Li Zhen came to the front of the car and slapped the door.
"get off!"
The conductor and the driver and other staff walked down cautiously. I have never seen anyone hijack a train in my life!
"I am the conductor of this train..."
Li Zhen ignored him, got off the horse and led others into the carriage.
I suddenly thought of hijacking a train today because I considered that this road is also a road for transporting troops. If the opponent has reinforcements, they must take the railway.
Destroying this section of railway will delay the other side for at least two or three days.
Looking at the various people in the carriage, they didn't look like rebels. They were probably ordinary people who didn't know about the coup.
However, he was still worried and said: "Everyone, please report your names, family members, and addresses. Do not hide them."
Then he said to his subordinates: "Get five people in each carriage and count them as soon as possible."
"yes!"
An hour later, everyone's information was registered, and Li Zhen picked it up to check one by one.
When he turned to Wang's page, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "Arrest this person!"
When Wang went out, she took ten domestic slaves with her. However, if these people encountered trouble, they already had too much time to take care of themselves, let alone protect their master.
"Back to your lord, the Wang family of three, ten servants, and two maids have all been brought here."
Li Zhen glanced at Mrs. Wang and said, "Are you Yang Dan's wife?"
Wang sneered and said: "Since you know who my husband is, why don't you let me go quickly!"
Li Zhen smiled faintly, pointed at the two children, and said, "These two little kids are Yang Dan's sons?"
"certainly!"
Wang did not know what kind of official the man in front of her was. She only knew that the civil servants in the court were superior to the military attachés, so she said: "If you dare to hurt Xiu Wen or Xiu Wu, believe it or not, my husband will demote you immediately!"
Li Zhen said: "Your husband can't control me."
"Impossible. My husband is the Young Minister of Dali Temple. He will soon be promoted to Minister of Dali Temple. No matter how high your rank is, as long as my husband takes a copy of your book, do you know what will happen?"
"how?"
"I guarantee you will be demoted to three ranks!"
Li Zhen couldn't help laughing and said, "Take it away!"
"yes!"
Seeing this, Mrs. Wang hurriedly shouted: "What are you going to do? My husband is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple..."
Li Zhen had no intention of paying attention to her, mainly because of the two little kids.
Yang Xiuwen was fifteen years old and Yang Xiuwu was twelve years old. Both of them looked arrogant and kept beating and scolding the officials present. They seemed to be used to being domineering in the capital.
It wasn't until someone tied the two brothers with rice dumplings that they finally calmed down.
Li Zhen led people back to the north of the city and went straight to Zhu Qi Town's tent.
"Your Majesty, I have captured a few people in the south of the city!"
Zhu Qizhen asked: "Who is it?"
"Back to the emperor, Yang Dan's two sons and his wife brought more than a dozen servants with them. A large number of universal banknotes were found in their luggage."